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Applicant Name : INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DUNS #_079 - 208 - 989 Project Name : New Horizons S+C Tenant Rental Assistance -- Project Priority# ONE c . For TRA projects , if participants are required to line in particular structures or units during the first year or live in a particular area for the entire period of participation. There are no particular structures in which clients will be required to live . They will be required to remain in Indian River County or St. Lucie County for the first year to assure that they can access ongoing case management and supportive services . 5 . Supportive services the participants will receive. The supportive services the participants will receive will be provided by Indian River County Community Services, St . Lucie County Community Services, New Horizons of the Treasure Coast, One Stop Career Center, Family Preservation Services, Community Aggressive Treatment Team and other community service organizations, as applicable . The Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council ' s Shelter Plus Care Team will open a case file on each client and determine the mainstream benefits that the individual should receive through federal, state and local programs . The Shelter Plus Care Case Management Team will assign a case manager to each client to personally assist the individual with accessing mainstream benefits and appropriate services in the community, including food, medical care and life skills services . All information on clients needs and services will be maintained on the HMIS system . The Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council ' s Entitlement Specialists will oversee progress in securing entitlements for all clients in the program and will intervene in ex-parte, representative payee and court hearings, whenever necessary to ensure that all entitlements and services for which the client is eligible are secured . Specialized services for the clients in this program will include : Mental Health Counseling and Socialization Skills Dependency and Addiction Management Support Group Participation Consumer Skills Nutritional Support and Food Subsidies Pre-Employment Training and Job Placement Tenant / landlord relations Representative Payee Services 6 . Self-sufficiency.Describe specifically how participants will be assisted both to increase their INCOMES and to maximize their ability to LIVE INDEPENDENTLY . With the assistance of the supportive services provided by qualified professionals, the participants will be assisted in managing their medications and financial affairs . Family Preservation Services will work with clients to provide in home life- skills retraining . Some clients will be referred to Gulfstream Goodwill for re-training, if they qualify by virtue of their disability. Participants will be assisted in overcoming obstacles to their independence through a personalized self- management case plan, developed as a contract between the participants and New Horizons Case Managers . This case plan includes increasing co-pays to the point of 30% of the participant ' s adjusted income to assure gradual, achievable steps to self- sufficiency . The case plan will contain measurable goals, objectives and milestones, for evaluation and re- evaluation to accomplish the maximum level of economic and social self- sufficiency possible . Rent co-pays are currently reviewed monthly to assure that clients can continue to make progress toward paying their portion of the rent to assist them in learning to manage finances .